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G. W. MOWRY.

BLAGKING BRUSH.

No. 328,599. Patented Oct. 20, 1885.

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. MOWRY, OF GENEVA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRANOTS M. SMITH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BLACKINGBRUSH.`

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,599, dated October 20, 1885.

Application filed January 20, 1885. Serial No. 153,372.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. MowEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Geneva, in the county of Ontario and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Blacking and other Brushes, of which the following is a specification, ref- @rence being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to improvements in blacking-brushes for boots and shoes; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of devices, as will be hereinafter explained.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate my invention, in which Figure l represents a side view, part sectional, of my device. Fig. 2 is a plan view, partly in section, which is taken on line x Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view of portions of the dip and arms b, showing the locking thumbpiece Z; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the portion C, which supports the dip.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the brush, which is usually provided with a recess, a, on its upper face and at the front end thereof, and B is the handle by which said brush is used.

C indicates a dip-supporter and blackingholder,which is constructedusually of onepiece of material of circular form, and is provided with upwardly-curved spring-arms b and lugs c, by which it is secured to the brush-body. A space, d, is provided in front of this supporter for the introduction of the box containing the blacking, and a space or opening, e, is also provided in rear in order to permit the revolution of the dip F. In the upper end of one of the arms aforesaid is a perforation, f, or bearing for the journal on one side of the dip, while the opposite arm thereto is provided with a longitudinal slot-bearing, g, which receives the opposite journal on the dip. This latter j ournal-bearing is of peculiar construction, having a pointed shank, i, which enters the body of the dip, the same being rectangular in cross-section, to prevent the same from turning, unless it vcarries therewith the dip, and it is provided with side lugs, j, and a rounded neck portion or bearing, 7c, between (No model.)

said lugs and the thumb-piece Z. The side walls of the supporter are provided with vertical slots m, through which pass and slide therein the hook ends w of a fulcrum-lever, D, which raises and lowers the blaoking-box E within the supporter, said lever being connected or pivoted thereto by the hook ends thereof, as shown in the drawings. This fulcrum-lever is usually made of a single piece of wire and fulcrumed at p to the top of the handle of the brush, having the thumb portion r, whereby the same is operated. A spring is placed between said lever and the brush-handle to keep said lever in position when not pressed upon.

It will be observed from the above descrip` tion, and by reference to the annexed drawings, that the box E, containing the blacking, is raised up to the brush by the fulcrum-lever. The operator pressing on the thumb-portion thereof causes this upward movement to said box when the same is held in close contact with the dip, the operator then forcing the dip laterally by the thumb-piece Z, thus bringing the round portion la or journal within the slot, thus enabling him to give the dip a forward and backward movement, and at the same time applying blackiug from the box to the bristles of the dip. After this operation the dip is turned with its bristles upward, when the lugs on the journalbearing will spring into the longitudinal slot iu the side arm. The latter, being yielding, serves as a spring, whereby the journal aforesaid is automatically locked in position. This last-described position of the dip presents the same ready for use in applying the blacking to the shoe.

When the dip is not in use, the same may be turned, bringing the bristles within the support, which also serves as a protector therefor and it will be noticed that only a half-revolution of said dip is necessary in putting it in the different positions.

By my device blacking is saved from waste, the blacking of shoes is quickly and easily accomplished, and the dip is free from surplusage, and at the same time it is durable, and cheap to manufacture.

Having described my invention, what I IOO in front and in rear, and provided with the vertical slots in its side Walls, the curved spring-arms having the journal-bearings in their upper ends to reeeivethe journals of the reversible dip, whereby the same is supported and looked in position, and the box pivoted to the fulorunl-lever, the whole operating as set forth. p Y

3. The combination, With the support,'construoted as described, the brush, and reversible dip, of r`thelever `f andbox, thev latter pivoted to theform'er by the hook ends of the 1ever, and constructed of a single Wire fulcrumed to the handle, and having a spring engaging the lever, whereby said lever is held in its normal position, asand `for' the purpose setA forth.

4C. The combination, WithV the brush, the lever,box, and support, constructed as described, of the dip provided with the journals, substantially as shown, whereby the dip may be reversed and looked in position, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence vof two Witnesses:

' GEORGE W. MoWRY.

Witnesses:

S, SoUTPrWoRTi, GHAs. H. RUSH. 

